Better Call Saul’s fifth season won’t premiere until 2020

In a move that might surprise and disappoint some fans, AMC has revealed the Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul won’t be back on the air for its fifth season until 2020. The news came from an interview Vulture had with Sarah Barnett, the president of entertainment networks group at AMC.

Barnett cited the creative needs of Better Call Saul‘s writers as to why the series is taking a longer break than usual to develop the next season. “It’s driven by talent needs, which we would not override if it would result in a worse show,” Barnett told the outlet.

Whether the fifth season of Better Call Saul will be its last is unknown at this point. Barnett kept coy about how long the show could last, only saying “We know clearly the end was already written before the beginning began. The writers, they have a very particular, very clear sense of the arc of their show.” It has been inching closer to the Breaking Bad era, though, as Jimmy McGill is transforming more and more into the Saul Goodman persona of the series along with the inclusion of other well-known Breaking Bad characters like Gus Fring and the creation of his superlab. Breaking Bad itself only ran for five season with the final one being split into two eight-episode segments.